6 Actresses of Color Nominated by Golden Globes for TV, 0 for Film

6 Actresses of Color Nominated by Golden Globes for TV, 0 for Film

TV proved itself not just a medium for women, but especially one for women of color, with this year’s Golden Globes nominations.

Six actresses of color — Queen Latifah, Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson, Uzo Aduba, Regina King and Gina Rodriguez — were nominated for their TV work, while a grand total of zero were nominated in the women’s film acting categories. To borrow from Davis’s historic Emmy speech from earlier this year: “The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an [award] for roles that are simply not there.” Catch up, film industry.

In other Globes news, Lily Tomlin and Alicia Vikander each scored two nods, Tomlin for her starring roles in “Grandma” and Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie,” Vikander for her lead role in “The Danish Girl” and her supporting one in “Ex Machina.”

Unlike the Oscars, plenty of female-centric movies were nominated for Best Picture in both the drama and comedy/musical categories: “Carol” (which led the pack with five nods) “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Room” in the former; “Joy,” “Spy” and “Trainwreck” in the latter.

The Best Actress film drama category consisted of exactly who you’d expect: Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara for “Carol,” Brie Larson for “Room,” Saoirse Ronan for “Brooklyn” and Vikander for “The Danish Girl.” The Best Actress film comedy category had more surprises. Nominated alongside Tomlin were perennial nominee Jennifer Lawrence for “Joy” (which is in no way a comedy, but whatever) and a trio of dark horses: Maggie Smith in “The Lady in the Van,” Amy Schumer for “Trainwreck” and Melissa McCarthy for “Spy.”

Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s “Mustang” was the only female-directed movie to be nominated in any category; it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.

The TV drama nominations were dominated by male-led series, but female-centric shows made up four of the five TV comedy nominees: “Mozart in the Jungle,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Transparent” and Veep.” Here are the 2015 Golden Globes’ female-centric nominees.

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited-Series, or TV MovieUzo Aduba, Orange is the New BlackJoanne Froggatt, Downton AbbeyRegina King, American CrimeJudith Light, TransparentMaura Tierney, The Affair